Certified Professional in Advanced Management

Program Overview

Senior managers need more than supervisory skills: they must shape strategy, design structures, allocate resources and govern performance across functions. This program covers the advanced management toolkit for experienced managers, including strategic analysis and choice, organisational design and delegation of authority, financial management for budget holders, risk oversight, performance management systems and leading major change. Sessions use cases from Gulf government entities and companies working through restructuring, digital transformation and national vision programs, with emphasis on decisions participants face in their own roles.

Learning Outcomes

• ✓Conduct a strategic analysis of a business unit using PESTLE, Five Forces and capability assessment.
• ✓Evaluate the structure and delegation of authority matrix of a unit and propose improvements.
• ✓Interpret budget variance reports and recommend corrective actions to protect financial targets.
• ✓Design a performance framework that links strategic objectives, KPIs and individual goals.
• ✓Apply a risk oversight approach based on ISO 31000 to a cross-functional initiative.
• ✓Plan a major change initiative with stakeholder analysis, sequencing and adoption measures.

Target Audience

• Middle and senior managers preparing for executive responsibilities
• Department directors in government and semi-government entities
• Business unit heads and general managers
• Strategy and transformation office leaders

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Training Methodology

Applied Project & Assessment